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Eugene "Gene" Porterfield was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania (Fayette County) on November 3, 1946. One of two children, Porterfield attended various public school systems in southwestern PA, and graduated Connellsville High School in 1964.
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NBC News/YouTube. Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood perform at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 2025
Keller Fornes, star of the Great American Family Channel’s “County Rescue,” died on Dec. 19, 2024, in Eastland Texas, according to an obituary from Lacy Funeral Home. He was 32. He was 32.
Articles and categories related to notable people presently or previously from Connellsville, Pennsylvania The main article for this category is Connellsville, Pennsylvania . For more information, see List of people from Pennsylvania .
Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr. (April 19, 1931 – November 17, 2022) was an American computer architect, software engineer, and computer scientist, best known for managing development of IBM's System/360 family of mainframe computers and the OS/360 software support package, then later writing candidly about those experiences in his seminal book ...
Brooks was born Martin Baum in The Bronx in New York City in 1925. When he was 10, he moved with his family to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. [2] After high school, he volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army, became a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division and was awarded a Purple Heart for injuries received during World War II. [2]
Brooks was a soldier in the Pacific Theatre from 1941 to 1945. [4] He reached the rank of private first class. [6] Brooks's unit, an engineering corps, was tasked mainly with building infrastructure. [4] The army was segregated during his service, and he was responsible for assisting white officers with daily tasks. [4]